Wait, So No One Was Really in Charge in LA When the Fires Broke Out?

So, who was in charge amid the chaos of the Los Angeles County fires, which are still raging? Mayor Karen Bass was in Ghana for the inauguration of that nation’s president. Her atrocious response about this African trip, her absence at the start of the crisis, and whether she regrets cutting the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget by almost $20 million was well-documented—she said nothing as she stormed past reporters.

It's customary that the deputy mayor would be in charge. Still, we must revisit older details that have reemerged with his natural disaster since LA's deputy mayor got ensnared in a federal kerfuffle: He allegedly made a bomb threat to city hall. FBI agents raided his home a few weeks ago, where he was later placed on leave. This incident occurred last December

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/...iw2R1ZbV_g

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All of us are going to be paying for these fires with massive insurance premium increases.

I thought you were in Australia.

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Drone Strikes Aircraft Fighting California Wildfire

An aircraft fighting the Palisades Fires in Los Angeles collided with a drone as the plane was battling one of the blazes, Los Angeles County Fire Department, authorities revealed on Thursday.

The details of the crash remain under investigation, but an official with the FAA confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that the firefighting aircraft, known as a Super Scooper, did make a safe landing.

“We hit a drone this afternoon,” said LAFD Chief Anthony Marrone. “Our Super Scooper hit a small drone.”

https://www.westernjournal.com/drone-str...ent=square

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Newsome lies to a citizen and is caught ! This clip just eliminated him running for president. Listen, he tells the lady he is on the phone with the president. When she asks to see he denies her saying he needs to get cell phone reception. I guess he was using what telepathy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkvdDVnkeiw

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A new broom always sweeps clean.

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You know history has a rumor that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Could this be the Democrats doing the same while LA burned? They are in charge. Govenor, Mayor and Fire Department. ( I would include the deputy mayor of LA, but they are on leave for calling a fake bomb threat in on city hall)

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A new broom always sweeps clean.

We know why, of course. Leftist fascism has been driving the national narrative for the past 8 years with full support from the media and academia. Even AOC has seen the light declaring Democrats have lost the plot because they're consumed with destroying Republicans rather than governing. 

Get the labels in office, persecute and prosecute dissent, competence be damned.  

LA Times owner: It's 'crazy' we don't elect people with competence

Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong said it’s “crazy” his state “doesn’t elect leaders with competence.”

As wildfires continue to rage across Los Angeles County, Soon-Shiong criticized LA Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s handling of the city before the crisis.

“It’s so crazy we have leaders that are reactive rather than proactive,” Soon-Shiong said during an appearance on NewsNation’s “On Balance.” “We have to ask ourselves where are we spending the money and why. Where is the actual planning of preparing for this.”

“With this event, we really must investigate,” Soon-Shiong added. “That’s the basis of the paper. Speaking truth to power. And really investigating the root cause of all these issues and making sure it doesn’t happen again.”...

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Good to see the LA fire chief tell it as it is.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-fire-chief...rly-funded

Newsom and Bass can't survive this. If they do, then bring on the big one and ship CA into the Pacific as a stand alone island nation.

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Good to see the LA fire chief tell it as it is.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-fire-chief...rly-funded

Newsom and Bass can't survive this.  If they do, then bring on the big one and ship CA into the Pacific as a stand alone island nation.

There is no way Newsom aka Mr Hairdo can investigate himself or this event.

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A new broom always sweeps clean.

Liberals in the 1960s were guys like Humphries and Chester Bowles.  Kennedy and Johnson were deliberately and fastidiously moderate. Kennedy and Johnson had no time for liberal causes of the time such as decolonization and disarmament. Johnson at least made time for liberal causes like civil rights and poverty reduction, Kennedy didn't.

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My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.

Biden looking out for his rich liberal supporters..... please tell me how the Jackasses are looking out for the middle class????????

2 Days After Pledging Shelter for Rich LA Libs, Biden Boots 3,000 NC Families Into Streets During Snow Storm

With just days left in his administration, President Joe Biden is showing America he has priorities.

The wrong priorities, sure — but priorities nonetheless.

Take the victims of the Southern California wildfires. Sure, a lot needs to be done in the area that’s been leveled by epochal blazes where the damage has been exacerbated by desperately unready public officials.

On Thursday, Biden promised to pay for 100 percent of the disaster over the next six months during a briefing from Washington.

https://www.westernjournal.com/2-days-pl...ent=square

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I can think of a few conservatives that if they showed up in 1960 would be considered absolute lunatics

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I can think of a few conservatives that if they showed up in 1960 would be considered absolute lunatics

OK, I'm game..... NAME THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I can think of a few conservatives that if they showed up in 1960 would be considered absolute lunatics

OK, I'm game..... NAME THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe MTG, but she'd be considered a lunatic in any decade I guess.

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CCL Stroudcrowd1

I'm just posting what's out there.... may be a bad joke but...... the way Commiefornia is run........ Who Knows.......

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I'm just posting what's out there.... may be a bad joke but...... the way Commiefornia is run........ Who Knows.......

They refused assistance from the FDNY but accepted it from Canada and South Africa.

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I'm just posting what's out there.... may be a bad joke but...... the way Commiefornia is run........ Who Knows.......

It was a fake tweet.

https://www.smobserved.com/story/2025/01.../8653.html

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CCL Stroudcrowd1

Oh, you can't fly on the 20th of Jan, all the celebrities are supposedly bailing out of the country, need to keep those seats free!

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